Contents 7
Wireless Local Area Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
What You Need to Establish a WLAN
Connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Checking Your Wireless Network Card
. . . . . . 87
Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless
Router and a Broadband Modem
. . . . . . . . . 88
Connecting to a WLAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Mobile Broadband (or Wireless Wide
Area Network)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
What You Need to Establish a Mobile
Broadband Network Connection
. . . . . . . . . 91
Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card
. . . . 91
Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network
. . . 92
Enabling/Disabling the Dell Mobile
Broadband Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Dell Wi-Fi Catcherâ„¢ Network Locator
. . . . . . . . . 93
10 Securing Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Passwords
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen
. . . . . . . . . . . 96
11 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Dell Technical Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Dell Diagnostics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Dell Support Utility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103